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According to CCTV News, on August 6 local time, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced on its official social media:Yahya Sinwar replaced Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an attack, as the new leader of Hamas's Political Bureau.

Yahya Sinwar (file photo)

Hamas later emphasized in a statement that the organization decided to choose Yahya Sinwar as the leader of its Political Bureau after "in-depth and extensive consultations and deliberations" within its leadership body. This choice reflects Hamas' confidence in Sinwar in "a sensitive period and a complex regional and international situation."

Yahya Sinwar was born in 1962 in a refugee camp in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. He is one of the main founders of Hamas' security agency and served as Hamas' leader in the Gaza Strip for many years.He is considered by the outside world to be a representative of the "hardliners" within Hamas.

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) confirmed on July 31 thatIsmail Haniyeh, leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, was assassinated in Tehran, the capital of Iran, early that morning.